Lovely, it's one of my favorite books ... :-) -----Original Message----- From: Peter Bright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Donnerstag, 01. Juli 2004 14:49 To: 'Maven Users List' Subject: RE: What the hell is "catch-22" [was Re: howto: request committer status]
It's a literary reference to Joseph Heller's frankly fantastic book, "Catch-22", first published in 1961. It tells the story of an air force pilot, Yossarian, who would rather not be a pilot because he doesn't want to die. The ways of avoiding flying are limited; one way to avoid service is to be crazy. Anyone willing to fly more missions would be crazy, so all a pilot would have to do to avoid flying more missions would have to tell the doctor that they're crazy. But doing that demonstrates that they have concern for their own safety, and if you have concern for your own safety, you can't be crazy. If you flew then you were crazy and didn't have to; but if you didn't want to you were sane and had to. That's Catch-22. It's the best catch there is. > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Skopp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 01 July 2004 13:36 > To: Maven Users List > Subject: OT: What the hell is "catch-22" [was Re: howto: request > committer status] > > > On Tue, 2004-06-29 at 23:27, John Casey wrote: > > Catch-22 alleviated. > > Could please someone explain a non-native speaker like me that > mysterious "catch-22" term. Thanks folks, > -- > Martin Skopp > Riege Software International GmbH > Support: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED], Information: http://www.riege.com > > This email is intended to be viewed with a nonproportional font. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
